Tina Pettyjohn

Tina Pettyjohn serves as the primary procurement lead for the CSA East 3 USDA-FS, a unit of the U.S. Forest Service responsible for sustaining operational capabilities across forested lands in the southeastern United States. She manages a diverse portfolio of service-based acquisitions critical to ranger district functionality, including vegetation management, environmental compliance support, and field infrastructure maintenance. Her role centers on ensuring timely, compliant procurement of mission-critical support services that enable sustainable forest management and public recreation access. Pettyjohn specializes in task and delivery order contracts under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles, with a strong emphasis on performance-based acquisition strategies aligned with federal best practices. Her contractor relationships are primarily with small businesses delivering specialized forestry and environmental services. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages a network of niche providers offering vegetation control, soil preparation, and janitorial support for remote forest facilities. Her procurement approach emphasizes agility and local responsiveness, favoring vendors with proven field experience in southeastern ecosystems and a demonstrated capacity to meet stringent environmental regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Pettyjohn demonstrates a robust commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 87% of her awards designated for total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She actively prioritizes small disadvantaged businesses and frequently structures solicitations to maximize participation from HUBZone and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, aligning with USDA’s broader equity and inclusion goals. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to build resilience within the regional small business ecosystem supporting federal land stewardship. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), encompassing tasks like prescribed burning, invasive species control, and forest road maintenance. She also regularly procures environmental consulting services (NAICS 541620) and janitorial support (NAICS 561720) for visitor centers and field stations. This technical expertise underscores her deep understanding of the operational demands of managing public forest lands under federal environmental and safety standards.